WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is expected to shut down operations of the Counterintelligence Field Activity (CFA), a Department of Defense office that has been criticized by lawmakers and civil liberties groups who claim it was part of an effort to expand into domestic spying, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The CFA was created by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to counter foreign intelligence operations and terrorist groups after the Sept. 11 attacks. For more details on this, click here and return back to comment.